Patents by Inventor Kenneth Barclay Buell
Kenneth Barclay Buell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20160008185Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Publication number: 20150313768Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Publication number: 20150313772Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Publication number: 20150313767Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Publication number: 20150313773Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Patent number: 9173780Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay Buell, Gregory Ashton, Craig Andrew Hawkins, William Robert Vinnage, Jr., Mark James Kline
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Patent number: 9114043Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay Buell, Gregory Ashton, Craig Andrew Hawkins, William Robert Vinnage
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Publication number: 20140243774Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Publication number: 20140243776Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Publication number: 20140243775Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Publication number: 20140243777Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay BUELL, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert VINNAGE
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Publication number: 20130231624Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a disposable garment having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis in the front region, the back region, and the crotch region. The chassis comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable garment comprises a pair of ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front region or the back region, a seam panel extending laterally outward from at least one of the ear panels, and a tab formed with the seam panel and extending laterally outward from the seam panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: Kenneth Barclay Buell, Gregory ASHTON, Craig Andrew HAWKINS, William Robert Vinnage, JR., Mark James KLINE
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Patent number: 8257334Abstract: A disposable pull-on garment is provided having a front region, a back region and a crotch region. The garment includes a chassis having edge lines in the front and back regions. A pair of extensible front ear panels extends laterally outward from the chassis in the front region, and a pair of extensible back ear panels extends laterally outward from the chassis in the back region. Each of the panels is joined along its outermost edge line to its corresponding opposite front or back ear panel to form two overlapping seams, two leg openings and a waist opening. At least one of the overlapping seams has a substantially bonded portion and an unbonded portion such that the ratio in the length of the unbonded portion to the substantially bonded portion is between about 4:96 and about 20:80.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2003Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay Buell, Gregory Ashton, Craig Andrew Hawkins, William Robert Vinnage, Jr.
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Patent number: 7102054Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a diaper, sanitary napkin, adult incontinent device, and the like having fused layers is provided. The absorbent articles preferably comprises a liquid pervious thermoplastic apertured film topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core, and a fibrous acquisition web of spunlaced nonwoven fibers. The absorbent core is positioned between the topsheet and backsheet which are joined at least about a portion of the periphery of the absorbent article and the topsheet is fused to the acquisition web at discrete points of attachment. The acquisition web is positioned between the topsheet and the absorbent core.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1999Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: James William Cree, Sue Ann Mills, Elizabeth Bilyeu Twohy, Kenneth Barclay Buell
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Publication number: 20030120240Abstract: The present invention is directed to a disposable pull-on garment having a longitudinal center line, a front region, a back region and a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable pull-on garment includes a chassis provided in the front, back and crotch regions. The chassis has edge lines in the front and back regions and includes a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet associated with the topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable pull-on garment further includes at least one pair of extensible ear panels extending laterally outward from the chassis in the front or back region. Each of the ear panels has an outermost edge line. Each of the ear panels are joined to the chassis along the corresponding edge lines to form a seam, thereby forming two leg openings and a waist opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2003Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay Buell, Gregory Ashton, Craig Andrew Hawkins, William Robert Vinnage
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Patent number: 6258077Abstract: Pull-on garments provided with a continuous belt in the front region and the back region to distribute the forces generated during use in order to better fit the pull-on garment on the wearer. In a preferred embodiment, the pull-on garment comprises a chassis layer comprising a continuous sheet that defines a front region, a back region, and a crotch region; a first belt layer joined to the chassis layer in the front region; a second belt layer joined to the chassis layer in the back region; elastic panel members positioned between the belt layers and the chassis layers which laminate is mechanically stretched to form elastically extensible stretch laminates in both the front region and the back region in the side panels; and seams joining the front region to the back region so as to form the leg openings and waist openings. The continuous chassis layer and belt layers thus form the continuous belt of the pull-on garment.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1998Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay Buell, Edward Paul Carlin
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Patent number: 6103953Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a diaper, sanitary napkin, adult incontinent device, and the like having fused layers is provided. The absorbent articles preferably comprises a liquid pervious thermoplastic apertured film topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core, and a fibrous acquisition web. The absorbent core is positioned between the topsheet and backsheet which are joined at least about a portion of the periphery of the absorbent article and the topsheet is fused to the acquisition web is a folded sheet which has a double z-folded cross-sectional configuration, which at discrete points of attachment. The acquisition web is positioned between the topsheet and the absorbent core.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1998Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: James William Cree, Sue Ann Mills, Elizabeth Bilyeu Twohy, Kenneth Barclay Buell
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Patent number: 6030372Abstract: Absorbent article such as disposable diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders and the like, that have a unique elastic waist feature that improves the dynamic fit of the elasticized waistband as well as the containment characteristics of the absorbent article. The elastic waist feature preferably comprises an interconnecting panel zone, a first flexural hinge zone joining the interconnecting panel zone with the containment assembly, an elasticized waistband, and a second flexural hinge zone joining the elasticized waistband with the interconnecting panel zone. The elasticized waistband comprises a shaping panel zone; a waistline panel zone; and a predisposed, resilient, waistband flexural hinge zone joining the shaping panel zone and the waistline panel zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: February 29, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Barclay Buell, Sandra H. Clear, Danielia T. Falcone
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Patent number: 5919181Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles comprising a plurality of bend lines which are predisposed on either or both ends of the article to bend upon encountering the lateral compressive forces caused by the thighs of the wearer, the bend lines comprising, a main rear bend line centrally and longitudinally disposed on the article beginning at a point about one-eighth to about one-half of the distance away from the front edge and extending toward the back edge of the article;a main front bend line or lines centrally and longitudinally disposed on the article beginning about the front edge and extending up to the beginning point of the main rear fold line, or comprising two parallel fold lines longitudinally disposed on the article beginning at about the front edge and extending to about the beginning of the main rear bend line, or comprising two parallel bend lines longitudinally disposed on the article beginning at about the front edge and extending for about one-forth to about two-thirds of the fType: GrantFiled: May 12, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ronald Bosman Visscher, Kenneth Barclay Buell, Thomas Ward Osborn, III
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Patent number: D414262Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory Ashton, Frederick Michael Langdon, Craig Andrew Hawkins, Chikayo Nakao, Takashi Hiuke, Miyuki Nakazono, Kenneth Barclay Buell